In reply to Project Director (msg # 34):


22:05, Today: James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire rolled 3 using 1d100 with rolls of 3.  reroll on digging out.

From one extreme to the other, I was excited momentarily because most games reward you with a low roll =(

This is like.. a terrible success roll.

In reply to James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire (msg # 35):

Yeah, it's a bit of a bait-and-switch from most games, where a 03 roll would be nice!

Luckily, the point here is not to keep you bottled up in the bolthole. Otherwise, how would we start the game? But we might have to slow down the pace a little to let the other group catch up.

Tony

In reply to Project Director (msg # 34):

Hey, what about me?

In reply to Dylan Richard Sinclar (msg # 37):

You can roll for Dylan as well. For him it's a Difficult (-20%) check. This is due to a lack of familiarity, using old maps and not possessing the lore passed down on this area.

Tony

PD Note: All players can assume they are on the correct freq. No roll is required by Lina to accomplish this. She can make a Comms check (Routine difficulty, +20% to skill) to draw some conclusions from Prime's transmission.

Communications 60 +20 for routine task.

22:24, Today: Mahalina Rae Powell rolled 96 using 1d100 with rolls of 96.  Comm check.

In reply to Mahalina Rae Powell (msg # 39):

1 Degree of Failure... not too terrible.

It just seemed like a normal transmission, completely expected.

Tony

In reply to Project Director (msg # 40):

Maybe I should have recorded it and played it backwards for the hidden message.

In reply to Mahalina Rae Powell (msg # 41):

Enough Degrees of Failure and you would have heard something!

Tony

That would be a problem since we don't have any tin foil or psychiatric meds.
This message was last edited by the player at 04:56, Fri 20 May 2016.

In reply to Mahalina Rae Powell (msg # 43):

Can Jimmy make a Comms check to draw conclusions?

In reply to James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire (msg # 44):

Ahhh... too busy not digging out the tunnel.

Tony

In reply to Project Director (msg # 45):

LOL, ok.

Need a new roll for that?

In reply to James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire (msg # 46):

Sure. You did succeed minimally. This is just to see how long it takes.

Tony

10:40, Today: James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire rolled 16 using 1d100 with rolls of 16.  Dig it!

More diggin

12:49, Today: Jenna Tallfeather rolled 37 using 1d100 with rolls of 37.  Observation.
12:49, Today: Jenna Tallfeather rolled 60 using 1d100+20 with rolls of 40.  Navigation.

In reply to Jenna Tallfeather (msg # 49):

As a note, when I say "Add a +20/+40 bonus to your skill" do not add that number to your rolled number. This will make it HARDER to roll under your skill, right? Instead, count that towards the skill itself, making it easier to roll under!

Tony

In reply to Project Director (msg # 50):

Jimmy can make 2 Observation checks:

1 at Routine (+20% to skill)

1 at Challenging (no modifier).

Tony

21:43, Today: James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire rolled 35 using 1d100 with rolls of 35.  Observation - Challenging.
21:42, Today: James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire rolled 41 using 1d100 with rolls of 41.  Observation - routine.

routine is a nice +3 success
Challenging is a better +4 success

In reply to James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire (msg # 52):

He notices that he did a really shitty job assembling his rifle. It has a chance of misfire or fail to load.

Tony

Oh... let me fix that real quick


22:06, Today: James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire rolled 26 using 1d100 with rolls of 26.  Um.  Repair rifle.

In reply to James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire (msg # 54):

That works for me.

Make a Navigation roll at +40 (Easy) to your effective skill level. (Not the roll itself.)

Tony

Good thing I had that +40!


06:42, Today: James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire rolled 79 using 1d100 with rolls of 79.  Navigation +40.

But with it, a resounding success!

In reply to James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire (msg # 56):

Seven degrees!

Tony

In reply to Project Director (msg # 50):

Gotcha. Add plus or minus to skill.

In reply to Jenna Tallfeather (msg # 58):

It's a little counter-intuitive.

If you get a "positive" bonus, we naturally want to add to or subtract from the roll. Yet with a percentile system you want to roll low. But low rolls are bad as well, or at least not good. You want to roll as close to your TN as possible without going over, so subtracting doesn't always work as well. It's not surprising many people don't really like this kind of rolling, although I see the positive benefits including the generation of degrees of success.

Tony